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PHTY41200

Academic Year 2023/2024

Evidence Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals (PHTY41200)

Subject:
Physiotherapy
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Public Hlth, Phys & Sports Sci
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Ms Nessa Waters
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Evidence Based Practice for Healthcare Professionals teaches healthcare professionals how to do effective literature searching and critical appraisal. Teaching is online and each lecture is recorded.

There are three assessments for this module at the following time points: The first assessment is submitted in Week 5 and requires students to submit a PubMed search strategy based on a focused clinical question of their choice. The second assessment is submitted in week 12 (last week of teaching term) and requires students to critically appraise the best available evidence on their chosen topic. The third assessment is following end-of-term and is a Multiple Choice Question exam.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:


On completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. Formulate a focused clinical question and systematically retrieve best available evidence.

2. Critique methodology of Diagnostic Accuracy studies, Randomised Controlled Trials, Systematic Reviews & Meta-analyses.

3. Analyse statistics used in healthcare research eg Test Sensitivity/ Specificity, Relative Risk, Odds Ratio.

Indicative Module Content:

Systematic Literature Searching

Critical Appraisal

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Online Learning

24
Total

104

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Workshops

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment: Systematic literature search on a focused clinical question of each student's choice of topic Week 5 n/a Graded No
20
 No
Assignment: Critically Appraisal of the best available evidence on topic of student's choice Week 12 n/a Graded No
50
 No
Examination: Multiple-Choice Questions 1 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No
30
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Carla Perrotta Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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